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Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch is a Colorado native and the son of a Republican politician, the late Anne Gorsuch Burford, who was a state legislator and then director of the Environmental Protection Agency for President Reagan. Gorsuch attended Columbia University and Harvard Law School, after which he clerked for D.C. Circuit Court judge David Sentelle.
Gorsuch then clerked for Supreme Court justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy in 1993–94. The next year he studied for a doctorate of philosophy at Oxford University under the legal philosopher John Finnis.
After spending ten years at a law firm in Washington, D.C., Gorsuch went to work for the Justice Department in 2005–06. President George W. Bush nominated him to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico. His confirmation was quick and uncontroversial.

When supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg targeted Donald Trump with her personal attacks and invectives many people were stunned.
Many pundits and Legal-types were aghast, because the ramifications were/are considerable given the number of executive branch legal issues that end up in SCOTUS.  Under a President Trump, Ginsburg’s clear bias would mean solid arguments she would have to recuse herself from any cases originating within a Trump administration.
But from Justice Ginsburg’s perspective she has nothing to lose.   Ginsburg is all in for Hillary Clinton to win the election.  Ginsburg is not going to remain on the court in 2017.  Ergo the “recuse issue” is moot. The next POTUS is going to select Gingsburg’s replacement.  The walk-back is face saving for the cause only.

“On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them,” Justice Ginsburg said in a statement on Thursday. “Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more circumspect.” (link)

Ginsburg’s ridicule is very symptomatic of the liberal mind and likely to end up aiding Trump in multiple ways.
It was only a month ago when, in an effort to make Trump seem unreasonable, pundits were spending several hours/days of airtime and column inches explaining how federal judges are impartial and completely unbiased in response to Trump’s arguments about the Mexican judge in the Trump University legal matter.
Now those same pundits and voices are having to defend the transparently obvious bias within the snarky comments presented by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

“He is a faker,” she said of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, going point by point, as if presenting a legal brief. “He has no consistency about him. He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego. … How has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns? The press seems to be very gentle with him on that.”

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You won’t see this in the MSM headline news of the day’s events because it cuts directly against their preferred narrative.

The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 today to nullify the federal conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McConnell on bribery and corruption charges (full ruling pdf below).  8 to 0, the entire court agreed, the conviction was politically motivated and not grounded in law.
Why?  Why did every justice agree, even the liberal justices? ….and they went one step further in ordering the lower courts to reconsider whether the government’s evidence of corruption is strong enough to even try him again.  If not, the charges against him must be dismissed, according to the ruling.

The why is really quite simple.  If you’ve ever heard James Carville or any Clinton spokesperson talk about the book “Clinton Cash“, you’ll see quickly what was at stake.
The case against Bob McDonnell was based on him accepting gifts while an elected public official.  Accepting gifts and/or donations itself is not illegal.  Does it look untoward, unsavory or tawdry, yes.  But if the official (recipient) takes no substantive action to benefit the contributor, meaning there is no quid-pro-quo, then no laws have been broken.
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D.A.P.A or Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program – is the executive action Obama attempted in November of 2014 which was shut down by Federal Judge Andrew Hanen in February ’15 with the issuance of an emergency injunction.

• The DOJ appealed the Hanen injunction, on merit, to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and lost.
• The DOJ then appealed the Hanen injunction, on standing, to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and lost again. (Full Backstory) <– Absolutely critical read to understand the scope of case – includes prior court rulings.
• The DOJ filed an appeal with the US Supreme Court.
• On January 19th, 2016 the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.
• April 18th, 2016, the court heard oral arguments –full pdf transcript –
• Today the Supreme Court Ruling was announced –full pdf ruling–

Hanen Ruling Stands – Texas Wins – Obama Loses !

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Candidate Donald Trump has released a set of names of potential Supreme Court nominees.  The announcement was made via Facebook –SEE HERE– and is accompanied with the following press release:

(New York, NY) May 18, 2016 – Today Donald J. Trump released the much-anticipated list of people he would consider as potential replacements for Justice Scalia at the United States Supreme Court. This list was compiled, first and foremost, based on constitutional principles, with input from highly respected conservatives and Republican Party leadership. (more…)

D.A.P.A or Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program – is the executive action Obama attempted in November of 2014 which was shut down by Federal Judge Andrew Hanen in February ’15 with the issuance of an emergency injunction.

• The DOJ appealed the Hanen injunction, on merit, to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and lost.
• The DOJ then appealed the Hanen injunction, on standing, to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and lost again. (Full Backstory) <– Absolutely critical read to understand the scope of what was argued today – includes prior court rulings.

The DOJ filed an appeal with the US Supreme Court. On January 19th, 2016 the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.
Today, April 18th, 2016, the court heard oral arguments –full pdf transcript below– decision expected in late June/July.  We bring you the direct source information so you can make up your own mind and don’t need the media’s interpretation.
The 108 page transcript of the 90 minute hearing is a GREAT READ:
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Remember – There will always be three “Battle Spaces”: ¹ The visible fight. ² The Generals. ³ The Politicians and Wall Street Decision-makers.

Look at this picture carefully.

It’s actually a cropped screen-grab from a republican political ad that first ran in December 2013 when no-one was paying attention to 2016 presidential politics.

Throughout the early spring of 2014 the party ad popped up on various conservative sites and was widely distributed when few were paying attention.

We copied and saved the image, along with a host of other images and research data links, because that picture’s appearance coincided with our initial research into the GOPe roadmap to nominate Jeb Bush.

It was from these initial discoveries, and quietly tracking the various leadership members within the professional republican party and GOPe apparatus in Washington DC, that eventually led us to share the outline of the nomination path they were constructing. Eventually, that became The GOPe Roadmap. (more…)

Well, if the White House is going to try and present a Supreme Court nominee this year – they are first going to have to figure out how to get around this uncomfortable prior positioning of Joe Biden:

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